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Current Affairs May 2018 in Details UNITED ACADEMY www.unitedacademy.in Page No : 1 we change your life 2018 CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY IN DETAILS India, Pakistan for first time to Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is participate together in SCO successor of grouping known as Shanghai Five, originated by counter-terror exercise for - China in 1996. It encompassed Russia, Peace Mission Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. For first time, arch competitors India and In 2001 Uzbekistan was requested to join it Pakistan are participating in Peace Mission, a and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation was multi-country counter-terror workout in Russia formally born and has came out as a regional to be organised in September 2018. The security organization military exercise is going to complete under India and Nepal agree to review the outline of Shanghai Cooperation bilateral trade treaty by - July Organisation. India’s participation at exercise was assured by Defence Minister Nirmala 2018 Sitharaman during meeting of Shanghai India and Nepal decided to review their Cooperation Organisation Defence Ministers’ bilateral trade treaty by July 2018, in last week meeting organised in Beijing, China in April of April 2018. The provision was grated during 2018. a meeting of India-Nepal Inter-Government Peace Mission Committee on Trade, Transit and Cooperation Peace Mission anti-terror military exercise will to Control Unauthorised Business in be organised in the Ural Mountains of Russia Kathmandu. and almost all Shanghai Cooperation Both nations decided to start a wide-ranging Organisation member nations are participating review of the agreement by July 2018. The in it. Its main objective is to improve counter- agreement was terror collaboration among the 8 Shanghai previously reviewed in 2009. Cooperation Organisation member nations. Other decisions It will be for 1st time since Independence that Both the nations also deliberated amendments India and Pakistan both will participate in to the bilateral Agreement of Transit signed in military 1999 to further facilitate movement of Nepal’s programme, though forces of both nations have business with third nations. worked together in United Nations diplomacy The 2 nations also decided on synchronising missions. development of border business infrastructure Shanghai Cooperation Organisation to make sure appropriate usage of investment Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is political in border infrastructure between India and and safety grouping HQ in Beijing. It was Nepal. originated in 2001. In order to improve the trade volume, both the The full members of group are China, Russia, nations also focused on to the requirement for Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, harmonisation of standards and expediting Kyrgyzstan, India development on agreements between the and Pakistan. related agencies including BIS and FSSAI They represent more than 40 per cent of from the Indian side. humanity and about 20 per cent of the global GDP. UNITED ACADEMY www.unitedacademy.in Page No : 2 we change your life 2018 CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY IN DETAILS The two nations also decided to work towards By 1868 senate and 6 states approved an 8- communal recognition of each other's testing hour legislation. In 1884 the National and certifications. Federation of Organized Trades and Labor In order to make sure regular inputs from trade Assemblies decided to have an over-all strike and investors, both the countries decided to on May 1 st , 1886, to impose demands for form India-Nepal Joint Business Forum employers to observe the 8-hour day. containing of industry senates from the both In 1947, amidst the anti-Communist Cold War sides that will act as an institutional hysteria, the United States Veterans of Foreign B2B mechanism. Wars retitled May 1st as 'Loyalty Day' and a World Labor Day celebrated on combine session of senates later made - 1st May 2018 the statement authorized. In many nations, the May 1st holiday was May Day ceremonies that stem from the obtained by trade unions backed by socialist traditional centuries-old May Day civilizations parties. In the UK, a May Day Bank Holiday are observed was introduced in 1978 for trade workers to throughout the world. In Hawaii, May Day is observe same but was organised on the 1st called as “Lei Day” to observe the island’s Monday in May to diminish the business ethos. damage. In the UK, May Day is still observed in many In China, Labor Day was stretched to three towns with the crowning of the May Queen. days during the 1990s. The Chinese Maypoles can still be seen in few towns and government made it a 7 days holiday by May Day civilizations may have hobby horses moving the previous and upcoming weekends and native people dressed-up in costumes. collectively with these 3 days. This Labor Day shoots from the efforts of the labor holiday permitted Chinese people to enjoy union drive to observe the economic and social travels during this time period. attainments of workers. In Mexico, it is The Chinese government decreased mentioned to as “Primero de Mayo” and this holiday time period less to single day in having a nationwide holiday honouring all the 2008, while concurrently stimulating 3 labors. Few groups held parades to promote traditional Chinese holidays i.e. The Dragon and protect workers' rights. Boat Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and the More about May Day/Labor Day Mid-Autumn Festival. Conventionally, May Day is characterized by the congregation of flowers and the fertility rite India’s longest-serving Chief of dancing around the maypole. Minister - Sikkim’s Pawan In current few years, May Day has become a Chamling labor festival honoring the military 68 years Sikkim’s Pawan Chamling formed and industrial actions of the nation precisely in history by becoming lengthiest-serving CM in socialist and Communist nations. India. He has The 8-hour movement to decrease the working accomplished 23 years, 4 months and day from ten to 8 hours started after the Civil seventeen days of continuous service in office. War. He exceeded earlier record captured by Jyoti It was a mega focus of the National Labor Basu, five-term West Bengal Chief Minister Union, whose 1st meeting was held in 1866. UNITED ACADEMY www.unitedacademy.in Page No : 3 we change your life 2018 CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY IN DETAILS who grabbed office position for 23 years. Basu Under this scheme, these stations will be was in office from June 21st, 1977-November permitted to bid for electricity supply. Under it, 6th, 2000. electricity will be obtained from generators Important Highllights with commissioned projects under medium- Pawan Chamling Pawan Chamling was born term but without Power Purchase Agreement. on September 22nd, 1950, at Yangang, South Power Finance Corporation Consulting Sikkim. Limited has been designated as Nodal Agency After completing his matriculation, he had and PTC India Limited as aggregator. dropped out of school. He took his drop into PTC India will ink 3-year Agreement for politics at an age of twenty-two during the time power procurement with positive bidders and when discussions were under path for union of Power Supply Agreement with Discoms. In the kingdom of Sikkim with India. He began pilot scheme, a solitary entity can be fixed his political career at age of 32. extreme capacity of 600 megawatts. He was selected as President of Yangang Gram The scheme will make sure least off-take of 55 Panchayat in 1982. per cent contracted volume. In 1985, he was nominated to the Sikkim The Tariff will be immovable for three years Legislative Assembly for the 1st time. He had without any appreciation. This plan is believed worked as Minister for Industries, Information to revive power need which has and Public Relations from 1989-1992 in Nar affected producers not having Power Purchase Bahadur Bhandari cabinet in the state. Agreements. Following a sequence of political disturbances Significance in Sikkim, he shaped Sikkim Democratic Front The scheme will assist about 12 Giga-Watt in 1993. commissioned thermal power plants obtain He took oath as CM of Sikkim for the 1st time medium-term power purchase agreement on December 12th, 1994 and now has been in which is pre-requisite for obtaining coal office for 5th successive term. associations. Pilot scheme Procurement of Currently out of 40 Giga-Watts worried coal- Aggregate Power of 2500 MW based electricity generation capacity, 28 power-plants of 24 Giga-Watts worth Rupees for 3 years launched by - 1.44 lakh crore are commissioned. Government Approximately half of these capacities do not Ministry of Power has initiated Pilot Scheme have coal associations due to no Power for Procurement of Aggregate Power of 2500 Purchase Agreements. megawatts 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas to on competitive basis for three years. The chief be held in Varanasi in - January motive of scheme is to recover commissioned power 2019 plants which are not able to trade electricity in The 15 th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas will be nonappearance of valid power purchase organised in holly city of Varanasi in UP from agreements. January 21 st - Key Points January 23rd, 2019. Its subject will be ‘Role of Indian Diaspora in building a New India’. The UNITED ACADEMY www.unitedacademy.in Page No : 4 we change your life 2018 CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY IN DETAILS jumbo This alteration in post was a part of a bigger programme will be held by Ministry of reshuffle in Jammu and Kashmir’s PDP-BJP External Affairs in connotation with UP government led by Mehbooba Mufti. government. It will be The reshuffle also noticed the introduction of 4 initiated by PM Narendra Modi and his fresh faces- Satpal Sharma from Kathua and Mauritian counterpart Pravind Jugnauth. Sambha MLAs Rajiv Jasrotia and Devinder More about Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Kumar Manyal and Shakti Raj Parihar as State Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is observed annually Unit Chief.
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